Smartphone usage while driving, and particularly texting, poses a major concern for road
safety. The goal of this study is to suggest a novel and objective means to measure the …

Smartphone usage while driving, and particularly texting, are well recognized as a major
road safety concern. This paper presents an attempt to evaluate the effect of …

Smartphone usage while driving, a prominent type of driver distraction, has become a major
concern in the area of road safety. Answers to an internet survey by 757 Israeli drivers who …

We present results from a naturalistic study that tracked how Finnish drivers use their
smartphones while on the move. We monitored 30 heavy in-car smartphone users in Finland …

The issue of distracted driving by the smartphone is of primary importance for road safety.
This study discusses the results of a simulated driving experiment that explores the effects of …

A substantial body of research has shown that use of a mobile phone while driving leads to
poorer driving performance. Previous research has covered different elements of telephone …

First studies from the USA indicate that distraction may also become a major health problem
for pedestrians. To examine the scope of this problem for young people, an observational …

Research in the laboratory as well as in naturalistic driving studies has shown that texting
while driving seems to be the most dangerous driver distraction. However, there is still some …

Mobile phone use while driving is a pervasive problem that continues to increase,
notwithstanding the large crash risk this behaviour constitutes. A number of phone …

Young drivers touch their smartphone screens for a number of reasons (to access text
messages, Internet, social media, games, music, videos, and more), but doing so increases …